O'Heir, saying, "Even the background players have begun to shine, including Jim O'Heir's hard-luck Jerry, who I've crowned my favorite tertiary character on TV." O'Heir received particularly positive reviews after the episode "Park Safety." Name The character's name has been a running joke over the course of the series. For most of the series run he is known as "Jerry Gergich". In season four, it is twice stated that Jerry's real name is Garry, but since his original boss misheard him when he introduced himself on his first day on the job, he has gone by Jerry ever since; the ostensible discontinuity that this creates with the season 3 episode "Time Capsule", in which April, while reading aloud an entry from a diary belonging to Jerry's mother, refers to him as "Jerrold," is never addressed. In the episode "Telethon", his name is misspelled as "Gerry Grgich" on the television. From the season 6 episode "Doppelgängers" everyone starts calling him "Larry Gengurch" at the encouragement of April, a situation "Larry" meekly accepts with little protest. In "Ann and Chris", the men of the department give Chris a gift with their initials on it. Jerry signed it GJLGG, which he said stood for "Garry Jerry Larry Gergich Gengurch," as he wasn't sure what names to use. Following the time jump to 2017 at the end of "Moving Up", he goes by the name of "Terry" - an explanation is given during the season 7 episode "2017" that a new employee that works in the National Park Service also goes by Larry and the group changes his name to Terry. In the season 7 episode "Donna and Joe", Donna puts his name down as "Garry" on a seating placard at her wedding, which prompts April to begin calling him Garry, not recalling that this is his actual name. Throughout season 7, he also appears on Andy's television show The Johnny Karate Super Awesome Musical Explosion Show, playing a character named Mailman Barry. References External links Jim O'Heir biography at official Parks and Recreation site at NBC.com Jerry Gergich on IMDb Parks and Recreation characters Fictional artists Television characters introduced in 2009 Fictional civil servants Fictional mayors American male characters in television